As with most things in life, with the good, generally comes some of the bad. That could not be more true when it comes to the cryptocurrency world. With scammers at an all-time high in the space, we sit down with one user who fell deep and hard into such series of events.

“Mr. X” shares his unfortunate tale of the dangers of scams in the crypto space and why it is important to do your due diligence to mitigate loss and rip-offs, before buying and selling in the space. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. Find out what to look out for and what you can do to try and remedy the loss should you too fall victim to these criminals.